| 单词 | night-lair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight-lair night-lair n. now rare an animal's overnight resting place, spec. (Scottish) †among crops belonging to a person other than the animal's owner (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > folding sheep > fold or pen sheepfolda1430 caul1483 boughta1522 sheep-garth1570 wool-hurdle1586 barkary?1592 sheep-pen1649 ovil1674 night-lair1688 turnip-tray1805 sheep-ree1817 stow1856 dead-fold1897 sheep-camp1911 check-pen1922 1688 Rec. Barony Court Holmains 25 Jan. All breach of neighberhood..as to..nightlairs on meadow and corne. 1857 J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson I. 287 Sheep-folds, or night-lairs as they were called. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xviii. 77 For now is roused the swine, from her night-lair. < as lemmas |
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